Police report of South African honeymoon killing

Lt. Col. Andre Traut of South African Police Service on the investigation into the death of Anni Dewani.

10:37AM GMT 15 Nov 2010

Anni Dewani, 28, and her husband of two weeks Shrien Dewani, 30, had been to a popular nightspot in one of the city’s townships and were thought to be returning home at around 11pm on Saturday night when two men armed with handguns forced the driver out of the car and drove away with them inside.

The newlyweds, who lived in Bristol, were driven for roughly an hour before the robbers pushed Mr Dewani out of the car and drove off with his wife.

He was picked up by a passing motorist who took him to a police station.

Police launched a search and at around 7am, and found the car abandoned a short distance from where the man was dropped with the woman’s body on the back seat.

Police have not yet said how she died, but unconfirmed reports suggested she may have been shot.